[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

I appreciate your logic, but I disagree with you.

Or maybe we're meaning the same ting, but saying it differently-- that kind of thing happens in these kinds of discussions.



If I were to record you on an audio tape, and then play the tape back, would I be hearing you?

Would I be able to say, "That is you."

Now are you that tape recorder?
Are you that tape on the reel?
No.


Now the Son of God is the Word of God made flesh.
In Jesus, we have more than an audio recording of the Father.

When we speak, we don't visibly create anything, but the Old Testament says that God spoke the world into existence. The New Testament says that Jesus created the world. The only way for both to be true is for Jesus to be the physical embodiment of the Word of God.

I think we are saying two different things, though alot of times you are right that people just say the same thing differently.

I like your analogy of a tape recorder. Not sure where to really go with it though but I like the thought.

My biggest point is be careful that you don't get so caught up thinking the word was God, that you forget that the word was with God. John depicts a thing that is simultaneosuly separate from God (by being with God) and the same as God (by being God). Don't forget about the seperateness in your explanations.